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WEATHER PROVERB
ABENDROT SCHON WETTERBOT.
TRANSLATION: THE EVENING SUN (IF CLEAR AND RED) INDICATES GOOD
WEATHER TOMORROW.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT NEVER RAINS BUT WHEN IT POURS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SQUAW WINTER, A COLD SPELL, BEFORE
HAVING INDIAN SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN THE WIND IS PARTICULARLY STRONG, A WITCH COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19225 STOTTER ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-19-1970
LIGHTNING BELIEF
LIGHTNING WON'T STRIKE TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17143 TRINITY ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.2 BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
Belief: Weather
RED SKY IN MORNING, SAILOR'S WARNING
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT
Submitter comment:
TAUGHT TO ME WHEN I WAS A KID.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
Date learned: 11-23-1979
WEATHER VERSE
RED SKY AT NIGHT
SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
RED SKY IN THE MORNING
SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001950S
PREDICTION OF TORNADOES
IF IT RAINS DON,T WORRY ABOUT A TORNADO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
HOW CLOSE LIGHTENING IS.
THE NUMBER OF SECONDS BETWEEN THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING
EQUALS THE NUMBER OF MILES AWAY IT OCCURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPUTATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
RED (SKY) AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT,
RED (SKY) IN THE MORNING, SAILOR'S TAKE WARNING.
Submitter comment:
PERTAINS TO SUNRISE AND SUNSET. HEARD THIS IN
DORMITORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
IF THE SKY IS PINK WITH THE RISING SUN, PREPARE
FOR BAD WEATHER.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
IF THE SUN RISES RED, IT IS SURE TO RAIN.
RED SKY IN THE MORNING--SAILOR'S WARNING.
RED SKY AT NIGHT--SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLD WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 06-13-1970
IF YOU WASH A CAR, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001950'S
THE NUMBER OF FOGS IN AUGUST EQUALS THE NUMBER OF SNOWS
THAT WILL FALL THAT WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
Date learned: 03-29-1969
IF YOU SNACK A LOT, IT WILL RAIN AT YOUR WEDDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-22-1969
WHEN PATCHES OF SNOW REMAIN, IT IS USUALLY WAITING FOR MORE
TO FALL.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
THUNDER BEFORE SEVEN, RAIN BEFORE ELEVEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
SUNSET BEHIND A BANK OF CLOUDS ON SUNDAY NIGHT MEANS IT WILL
RAIN BEFORE WEDNESDAY. IF THE SUN SETS BEHIND A BANK OF
CLOUDS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IT WILL RAIN BEFORE SUNDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN, STOP BEFORE ELEVEN. IF IT DOESN'T STOP
BY ELEVEN, IT WILL RAIN ALL DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
ANN: TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW THE OTHER DAY.
BRUCE: SIM KILLED A SMALL COPPERHEAD THE OTHER DAY AND HE
SAID IT WOULDN'T DIE UNTIL SUNSET. HE ALSO SAID, TO HANG A
SNAKE ON THE FENCE AND IT WILL RAIN. AND HE SAID IT IN
JOKING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Date learned: 07-25-1968